GENRE

• Our film is a thriller film and the sub-genre is a crime/thriller

• A crime/thriller film is a hybrid between the genre of crime and thrillers

• It mainly focuses on the criminal

• They create a suspenseful account of the crimes that the criminal has done

or is planning on doing

• Conventions of a thriller include things like darkness, suspense, danger and

many more.

The crossed out words

indicate something

has been taken away

(e.g. life) and we

incorporated this into

our film by having

previous deaths

leading to the death

which is being carried

out.

There are two main

characters in Seven

and there are also

two main characters

in The Last Train

Home.

The poster has and

aged effect and in our

short sequence we

inserted an aged clip

to show that

something has

happened previously

leading up to the

event.

The male has the

superior role over

the female a typical

occurrence in

Thriller movies, this

situation was used

in our short

sequence too.

The image of the man

standing over the

woman is narrow

giving the theme of

being trapped.

The face of the killer

is hidden and we

used this in our

theme as the face is

not shown during

the opening

sequence of the film

this adds more

tension and keeps

the audience on

edge.

SE7EN OPENING SCENE

• We based our opening sequence on the opening sequence of se7en

• We used flashbacks and looking over the past in our sequence to build up a

story

• The scene is quite repetitive which we have incorporated into our film

• Also the titles help show the genre of the film and are quite horror like and we

have tried to use the same sort of idea

WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT

DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?

Production

• Our production name is 'Box Productions'. We chose this name because we

found out that 'The Box' is British slang for 'Television set'. This shows that

the name is related to television

• Our logo is a static TV which fades out and then has the word 'BOX' appears

on the TV screen, followed by 'productions' sliding letter by letter into

position. The end shot of our logo is the TV with BOX written on it and

PRODUCTION written underneath it which then fades to black.

• We got sound from YouTube to put over our production logo and it fit well.

Fish Tank

• I chose this film because it is a British Independent film like ours and so I feel that it would be marketed in the same way.

• Although, the concept of the film is slightly different to ours, the film was marketed in a way which made it more popular than it would have been otherwise.

• The Fish Tank website ‘www.ifcfilms.com/films/fish-tank’ is a great way to market the film. It talks about its previous awards (winner of festival de cannes jury prize), shows critic reviews and reviews from popular magazines and newspapers. This way people will be interested to see what the buzz is about. This website also includes the latest news, trailers, photos, cast and crew information and even had a link to book tickets to watch the film when it was released.

Distribution

• We have chosen this production company because it has a lot of experience

with independent films.

• They are an independent UK film distribution company.

• They have produced many thriller movies including Johnny English, Johnny

English Reborn and Green Zone.

• A possible marketing campaign for our film could be a facebook page. Within

this facebook page there would be a specific page for each of the chatacters,

explaining everything about them. There would also be trailers, photos, behind

the scene videos, interviews with the stars and many more.

• We would also create a twitter page which we could keep people updated on

things like when the film will be released, when the trailer will be released,

where to buy tickets for the film etc.

LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIM TASK WHAT

HAVE YOU LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM

IT TO FULL PRODUCT?

• One of the main things we learnt and improved on is our editing skills. During

the prelim task, as it was our first time editing, we found it very difficult

therefore it took a while to get a hang of it but now that it has been a good

few months we have really grasped the concept and finding it much easier to

edit and use different effects to make our film more effective.

• Another thing we have majorly improved on is our camerawork. We’ve learnt

to use many more techniques like panning, 180 degree rule, match on action,

shot/reverse shot and many more. These shots help our film to look more

professional and as if it is a real opening sequence.

• When we first started using garage band we found it very confusing as there

are a lot of elements to it, but over time we have become really confident

with using it and are able to use it fluently rather than have to keep asking for

help from our teacher. This has also enabled us to be able to create suitable

music for our opening sequence.

OUR PRELIMINARY TASK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPuIFQ8sYiQ&safe=active

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT

TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF

CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

• Camera – Used to capture all of our scenes in good quality to late be edited

on the computer.

• Tripod – A tripod was essential to ensure that we had no shaky shots in our

film as if we did then we would be marked down because it would decrease

the quality of our film.

• Garage band – This is where we created all of our music for our opening sequence. We found various suitable sound effects and combined them to make one music piece to late be put on top of our film.

• Email – Email was one of our main communication ways, from sending emails about where we are filming, to sending each other our contribution to the work to then all be put together.

• Livetype – Livetype was used to make our titles which included the directors names and actors names etc. Livetype enabled us to use different fonts and effects which could then be transferred to be put onto our film.

• Adobe premiere – This is where all of the editing was done. Where all the music and external parts where transferred to in order for everything to be combined to make our final film.

• YouTube – We used YouTube to get different Foley sound effects in order to

insert into our film and make it more effective. One of the main things we used

for YouTube is to get the TV static sound for our production logo.

• Photoshop – We used Photoshop to create things like our production logo and

our title which appears in the opening sequence. It was a long but successful

process.

HOW DOES OUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT

SOCIAL GROUPS?Steven (Adam) Is our main antagonist, he is sinister and mysterious. He

represents the high class males in society, but he has a dark side to him. He uses

his power and money to avoid being charged for the murders he commits. The

reason we chose this type of character is to create fear as this is a character of

power and the audience wouldn’t really suspect him. Steven wears a suit, this

breaks from the typical convention of a stalker, which would normally be someone

in a hoodie. This also makes him look a lot more calculating and also would make

him a lot more smarter; using chemicals to kill his victims rather than a knife. We

also keep his face hidden, keeping him anonymous.

Also with our character being Asian we use the stereotypical view of terrorism,

which relates to our film, despite possibly stigmatising audiences. Because he

uses chemicals to kill his victims he is seen as both clever and dangerous rather

than just dangerous.

Sara (Kelly) Is our first victim, she is portrayed and represents the

vulnerable teenage girl as she is an easier target. Also in the story

she travels alone which makes her a lot more vulnerable to our killer.

She wears casual clothes as she is on the daily commute and

doesn’t know that she is being watched. Which gives the audience a

fear that it could happen to anyone at anytime.

AUDIENCES

• Looking at the BBFC websites we classed our thriller as a 12 rating because

it would have some strong language, with moderate violence and there are

some scenes in the film that would have violence and gore in context with

the murders that happen.

• One main issue that may push it up to a 15 is the concept of terrorism, which

may be unsuitable for children under 15 or they might not understand it,

removing the impact on the film will have on the audience.

AUDIENCES PROFILE

• From my previous questionnaire results, I found out that females are more likely to go and watch thriller films, even though they are more shown in the films as a victim.

• The target audience would be female mid teens/young adults. They would watch TV shows such as Family guy, hollyoaks, Supernatural, Friends etc. The films they would watch would be a range of films from romantic comedies to horror films, and read magazines with celebrity gossip such as Hello, and would want to see films with big stars that they follow, they would listen to music in the charts such as pop or indie again with well known stars in them.

• Based on my research of the shows the target audience watches, we chose the victim to have similar views so the audience

SEVEN

• Seven is similar to our film with the role of a reclusive serial killer. It’s a crime

thriller, and its main audiences would be for males as the two main characters

are male. The last train home can be seen as similar, however appeals to

females rather than males. Seven is a male dominated film; two female

characters are portrayed as victims which highlights the female stereotype of

being vulnerable which we have applied to our film. Seven would also apply to

ages 18-35 due to the nature and content of the film. It is rated an 18 due to its

high violence and profanities and also the tone of the film would be frightening

for younger viewers or they might not understand it.

HOW TO ATTRACT/ADDRESS YOUR AUDIENCECharacters:Our killer would be a

loner/stalker type.

Victims would be

typically vulnerable

females.

Inspirations:Thrillers and

horror films such

as Se7en,

Midnight meat

train

Props: The suit was to break

from the typical stalker

convention of wearing a

hoodie.

Setting:

We thought that

a train station

would be a

good place to

film as during

the night it can

be deserted.It also can

show our

victims

vulnerability

The chemicals were

introduced to make

our killer look a lot

smarter and have

more resources, and

again break from

similar connotations

such as a knife, gun

etc.

The area that we filmed the

newspapers is set at the killers

house, but we filmed that in school

INFLUENCES: THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN

• At the beginning we only see who

produced the film and the main title.

It’s a plain black background with a

light that moves across it, just like the

lights from a passing train.

• Unlike our film the midnight meat train

doesn’t have any more titles until the

credits. For our main title we used the

train timetable screens, so our

audience already know the main

setting .

SETTING AND KILLER• Both of the films are mainly set in a train

station, where the murders happen although for different reasons.

• Our antagonist Steven is a lot like Mahogany, the killer in the midnight meat train. Another similarity is our killers identity, it’s hidden using camera shots in our film, and lighting and editing in the midnight meat train to keep both killers anonymous.

• Both of our killers are wearing suits, making them seem much more than the average hoodie. This breaks away from that connotation, it also makes them look more important and sophisticated making them look more of a threat.

• They both don’t have much dialogue in the films however in the midnight meat train it is because he physically cant speak. We chose our killer to have little dialogue is because it makes him look more mysterious and therefore scarier.

VICTIMS

• Both our victims are on the tube/subway when they are going to be murdered.

• They are both vulnerable as our victim Sara is on the late night commute. She is also a teenage girl which already gives out the connotations of a typical victim. In the midnight meat train the victim is a male, however he is alone and was asleep, and because he is on a high speed train there is virtually no escape from his murderer.

MUSIC

• Both our films begin with the diegetic noise of the train, although the shot is of either the interior or exterior of the train. The music building suspense also makes the audience question the killers motives and why he obsesses with the tube. The music in the opening scene is to establish a sound motif that the audience associate the music to the next murder, creating fear and suspense.

• In the midnight meat train the music however slowly begins to build up which creates tension, the music increases when the victim has fallen in the blood, and also when he is looking through the window into the next carriage, (which has non diegetic noise of the killer already murdering someone) showing to the audience through what they see and the music that he is in danger.

LIGHTING

• Lighting in the midnight meat train at the

beginning is bright showing the glare from

the tube train lights, however once he gets

up and looks around the lights start to

flicker, giving a hint to the audience that this

part of the film is going to get quite ‘dark’ in

the sense that something bad is going to

happen. After we see the title of the film it

cuts to the city during the day, showing a

contrast as the bright and busy city knows

nothing of what happens in the tubes at

night.